Dexion Beams
size 3300 x 123mm box section 3.1 tonne loading.
Condition : Un-used but sold as Used, due to dusty condition
Quantity available  66
Price per beam £15.00 each  (Trade price – contact Universal)

Dexion Beams
Size 2667×146mm box section, 5 tonne loading
Condition – Average
Quantity available 50
Price per beam £12.00 each  (Trade price – contact Universal)

Run Spacer (Frame spacer)
Tubular type to suit most Racking makes
Quantity available   500
Price each £2.00 (Trade price – contact Universal)

Dexion Racking   THIS PARCEL NOW SOLD
Ideal for File archive storage, or for parts or merchandise storage
18 bays of 2.7m each : suitable for heavy duty shelving
Height 3m, 5 shelf levels
Shelf size 2.7m x 1.05m,   complete with 32mm chipboard.

Dexion Speedlock Mk3 Pallet racking
500 Bays of Dexion Pallet Racking         
         Frames 3.6m up to 10m high
         Beams 2250,  2667, 2700,  2743,  3000mm plus many other sizes
        Also available as separate componenets for repairs.
       ( See ‘Approved Used Racking’ page for pictures)

Link Palletstor pallet racking
200 Bays Link pallet Racking
         Frame 3000 up to 9000mm high
         Beams 2625, 2700 x  2-3 tonne
        Also available as separate componenents for repairs.
        ( See ‘Approved Used Racking’ page for pictures)

Redirack Pallet Racking
100 bays Redirack , with welded frames
         Frames 5.5 and 6.0m high 500 – 6000
         Beams 2650 and 2700mm

Please contact Universal for Availability and Prices
Note : All offers for Used Racking may be subject to minimum order quantities.

Universal has recently completed a £105,000 contract to supply Used Dexion pallet racking with new Mesh shelf panels to a leading UK retailer on behalf of a Bedfordshire based Trade Distributor.    The order, supplied from stock, was made up of £45,000 of Quality Used Dexion and £55,000 new Mesh panels.
The site near London, operated by a Logistics firm, distributes clothing products to the Clients stores throughout the UK.   The contract was completed on time and with 100% customer satisfaction. 

Universal completes £100k+ contract to supply steel shelf panels.

Despite fierce competition from several UK and European fabricators, Universal won a £100k contract to supply galvanised steel shelf panels to a National retailer.   The order is Universal’s biggest ever order for steel shelf panels and came from one of its regular Trade Distributors.
The panels are designed to fit AR Longspan shelving and are made from pre-galvanised sheet steel to Z28 quality grade.
For further information on our Steel shelf panels and Chipboard shelf panels please contact Universal.

If your Dexion racking system has sustained damage and you need to buy replacement parts you may not be aware of an  alternative choice you have in obtaining these.  

Repairing and maintaining racking systems is much like repairing a steel bridge or any structure where load safety is important.  If it gets damaged or some of the parts require replacement, its not necessary to go back to the original steel maker to get the part.  (Indeed over the space of 10 to 20 years, the original supplier may no longer be in business).

Instead, the same parts can usually be sourced from other competent fabricators, so long as these new parts are compatible with the original part in terms of steel specification and engineering precision.   In theory, anyone can make compatible components for Dexion racking, but in practice there is only one fabricator which has the expertise and manufacturing equipment to produce components to the same specification, at a competitive price and which are fully compatible and interchangeable with the original Dexion product.

Since all patents and design rights for the Dexion Speedlock product have long since expired, customers are free to source components from alternative sources such as Universal – in addition to the Dexion branded product currently offered by the Norwegian firm Constructor. 

Since 1997, Universal Storage Equipment has fulfilled over 10,000 orders for compatible replacement parts.  Thousands of leading UK companies including most of  the UK PLC companies such as ASDA, Morrisons, Marks & Spencers etc , now use Universal’s compatible parts to repair Dexion racking.  
These millions of parts are routinely inspected by Safety Auditors at sites throughout the UK and are passed without a single issue regarding compatibility or safety. 

If you wish you know more about Universal’s compatible products or have been given conflicting advice about the suitability of using our components, we’d like to hear from you…..
 

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So why is Widespan so popular?  
  I believe this is because its such a versatile shelving system.  Todays widespan systems uses fully adjustable shelf beams  (clip-on design with no nuts & bolts) so shelf  levels can be change within minutes.    It comes in a wide range of shelf sizes and frame heights and because each shelf can carry higher weight loads over a greater span,  the system uses less components and therefore costs less per sq.metre of shelf space

Widespan can be used to store anything from small cartons to large boxes or components ….in fact anything a person can lift.
Its ideal for wholesalers, cash & carries, factories, archive file storage, clothes & garment traders….etc etc 

If you have a particular storage requirement or you have a comment or suggestion you’d like to share with our readers,  please reply to this blog.   

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 Supermarket chains supply their Stores from a network of large RDCs’ (Regional Distribution Centres) where goods are stored on huge Pallet racking systems, many of them Dexion or Link systems.   Normally, when these sites require spare parts to repair or add to the racking, they contact the ‘preferred supplier’ appointed by Head Office  – usually a Trader who supplies and installs a variety of racking makes.
On this occasion, being a Dexion user, this RDC decided to ask Universal to quote for 100 Upright posts.  Although some 25% cheaper than their ‘preferred supplier’ it was not until we explained the following, that they decided to place the order with us:-

1. Our compatible parts are equivalent to Dexion, being manufactured in EU by a former Dexion License holder.
2. We have supplied over 10000 orders since 1997 – many to the Retail and Supermarket trades.
3. Our components are approved by Rack Safety Inspectors and have a 100% perfect safety record
4. Universals parts are already installed in this particular RDC and several others in the Group.

This RDC are delighted with our prices, products and delivery service.
Since then this RDC has ordered spare parts for the Link racking system installed in another of their warehouses.

Pets Choice chose Universal on a combination of price, lead time and makes of racking (Dexion and Link are the two best known makes and future parts are more readily available)

Jack Taylor, Pets Choice’s Operations Director said “We are delighted with the whole installation.  Universal supplied good quality racking at a very good price and were able to schedule the work without unnecessary disruption to our operations. We will certainly be using them again for future work”

Elmdene International knew of the Dexion design and wanted to learn more about Universal’s “Dexion compatible” products. Once convinced that our EU manufactured ‘compatible’ products (although not branded Dexion) were equally fit for purpose and competitive they placed the contract with us.

A major consideration was Universal’s large stock holding and their ability to supply with short notice.

Elmdene International were delighted when Universal completed the installation without a hitch in a matter of weeks, enabling them to relocate all their storage facility on time and to begin production at the new premises.

Elmdene International said “Universal supplied a new “Dexion compatible” system at a competitive price and completed the whole installation in the short time allowed without any problems. We are very pleased with the professional way in which Universal undertook the contract.